Example sentences of "[adj] [Wh det] [vb base] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The result is a ludic collapsing of autonomous theoretical systems on the basis of structural similarities or ‘ slips ’ from one to another which point to the common ‘ story ’ underlying them . |
2 | By " beneficial " I mean those summarized in Chapter 12 on page 176 which accord with the five-fold quality of respect outlined in Chapter 1 as basic to education as to civilized living . |
3 | After the strange events of The Haunting Horror , the adventurers could find some books in room 11 which refer to the Great Enchanter , and possibly some letters implying that Ludovicus Hanike was involved with Drachenfels in some way . |
4 | The above provisions are those which apply in the normal case . |
5 | Only the public expenditure costs have been counted , not those which fall within the private , domestic domain ( Rimmer , 1983 ; Parker , 1990a ) . |
6 | Prevalent winds are those which blow with the greatest frequency at any place . |
7 | Among the more common methods are those which depend on the colligative properties of dilute solutions . |
8 | Drugs : Both medically prescribed drugs and those which come under the general heading of ‘ non-medical substances ’ can cause impairment of mental faculties . |
9 | We can also speculate that at least some ‘ non-negotiable ’ transfers are brought off more rapidly than those which go through the lugubrious procedures maintained by various State bodies and foreign trade organisations . |
10 | All others are available except those which lie at the extreme top end of the compass ( say above including the shake on G and A ♮ ) . |
11 | The most suitable are those which tuck on the same needles for two or four rows . |
12 | More angular and less fluid in outline than those which feature in the final version of ‘ La Danse ’ , the figures are painted in predominantly grey-blue tones against an unfinished blue background . |
13 | Then those which arise on the ventral arm plate on the abradial portion of the pore nearest the mid-line of the arm i.e. V4–5. ( e ) The number , form and arrangement of the arm spines on the lateral arm plate — generally a specific character . |
14 | Cases of the latter type , where the adjective is used only to aid identification and does not actually apply to the entity of the phrase , closely resemble the great bulk of noun + noun phrases in their structural value , examples such as : ( 11 ) army manoeuvres the piano factory a sea monster an angle bracket However , even among noun + noun phrases , certain specimens occur which are clearly analogous to the former type ; as in : ( 12 ) a doctor journalist ( or doctor-journalist ) Chancellor Kohl a bed-settee These would permit an affirmative answer to our diagnostic test , although normally it is necessary to allow a little leeway in the shape of an added determiner to allow for this requirement of English : ( 13 ) Maurice is a journalist and he is also a doctor 2.3 It would be useful to have names for the two types of adjectival use , and there are fortunately two terms available which fall in the right semantic area and which have not been pre-empted for any other widely accepted technical linguistic purpose . |
15 | Some wall anchors are corrosion-resistant , and through bolts are available which work in the same way as frame plugs . |
16 | The EMP , NaAuCl 4 and Baker 's dimercurial derivatives have two major sites in common which conform to the non-crystallographic symmetry ( binding at His 12 ) . |